First season of traditional hunting-pics

longbow fanatic 1 · December 22, 2009, 07:41:00 PM

I was truly blessed this year, the first season of traditional archery hunting.

Stykbow62 · December 22, 2009, 11:43:00 PM

Great buck and I really like the split brow tine.
You had a incredible season, first one or not.
Congratulations !!!

rugrat · December 23, 2009, 09:11:00 AM

Wow...first season? Awesome, and good shooting.

MD

kasey · December 23, 2009, 01:16:00 PM

thats great

LoweBow · December 23, 2009, 01:30:00 PM

Blessed indeed! Congrats! Some fine shootin right there!

Jesse Minish · December 23, 2009, 03:05:00 PM

Great season!

dragonheart · December 23, 2009, 04:41:00 PM

Wow what a buck. Congrats on those trophies!!

Gerardo · December 23, 2009, 04:56:00 PM

WOW what a buck and what a season , you are now ultimately hooked!!!!!!!

whitebuffalo · December 23, 2009, 05:01:00 PM

longbow fanatic 1 · December 23, 2009, 05:14:00 PM

Thanks guys! Gerardo, you are absolutely right. I've been trad hunting for two years, but it finally came together this year. No more wheely bows for me!

December 23, 2009, 11:33:00 PM

Congrats on a great first trad year in the woods!

Bisch

Boone the Hunter · December 24, 2009, 12:26:00 AM

big congrats! I switched last year and can say you will never look back, sweet buck, what a brute!

Big Ed · December 24, 2009, 06:33:00 AM

Congrats on a really good start!!!

macclare · December 24, 2009, 07:46:00 AM

Great start and the start to a lifetime passion.

longbow fanatic 1 · December 24, 2009, 07:01:00 PM

Thanks all. I have had more fun shooting a traditional bow. It's like discovering bow hunting all over again, only better.

bowhawk archer · December 25, 2009, 10:11:00 AM

Congrats on a awesome season!

Pinecone · December 25, 2009, 01:25:00 PM

What a wonderful and blessed first season! I hope you have many more that are equally memorable!

Claudia

charles suttles · December 25, 2009, 02:17:00 PM

I'll bet that bow is a keeper too. Wish you many more.

charles

Gatekeeper · December 25, 2009, 09:22:00 PM

:eek: DUDE...WOW!

Only kidding.

longbow fanatic 1 · December 26, 2009, 07:58:00 AM

I posted the full story initially on the Pow Wow, but I will summarize it. I shot him Nov.10 @ 1:30 p.m.,at 8 yards from a tree stand, which was the first time I had hunted this stand all year. Before I shot him, I shot at a big doe and buried my arrow into a sapling behind her shoulder. She ran off and trailing her was a huge P&Y 10 pt. I couldn't get an arrow out of my cat quiver, so the 10 pt. walked right past my stand without a shot. I began grunting and turned around in the stand. To my surprise, this 12 pt. buck was standing 100 yards north of me. He heard my grunts and began walking toward my stand, eventually picking up the same trail the doe ran down moments earlier.I made a good shot on him as he paused ( due to a mouth bleat ) where the doe had been standing moments earlier. It was a perfect broadside shot, burying the Montec G5 into his ribcage almost to the fletchings.

As you can tell, there was a lot of luck involved in the taking of this buck!